Julian Mendoza - The Happy Bird
"Brother," Julian leaned back and fell on the sofa. He bounced twice and lay flat, "Do you think they are here?"
Alvin didn't answer directly, "...about the things before the age of four," he hesitated, but finally asked, "How much do you remember?"
"Windows, syringes, carts, white masks," Julian stared at the ceiling, his tone still cheerful, "Many brothers and sisters are crying, and some are soaking in glass jars."
“And, of course, there was the fire.”
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After waving goodbye to Zhu Fu Jingguang, Julian went straight to the classroom with brisk steps. Along the way, he did not forget to greet everyone energetically. Although many teachers looked sad, they still forced a smile to respond when they saw him.
Julian attends a private elementary school with a long history. Although the tuition is high, it is also very cost-effective. The curriculum is diverse, the faculty is strong, and there are rich extracurricular activities. Mason has reimbursed all of it, so Alvin naturally chooses the best for his child.
The small class teaching model not only allows teachers to have more time and energy to take care of each student, but also makes the relationship between each student closer.
Baird, who disappeared last Monday, was Julian's desk mate. They both joined the same club and often observed specimens together in the biology classroom.
"Hey," Julian's deskmate poked him and said something before the teacher arrived, "Do you know Baird? Actually, he wasn't lost last Monday. He disappeared the Saturday before last."
"So?" Julian was still drawing the patterns of butterflies in his notebook. Hearing this new information, he pricked up his ears curiously and glanced at the empty seat from the corner of his eye. "Is this news true? Don't make it up."
"Of course!" The deskmate assured him solemnly. At his age, he was most afraid of being questioned. "Baird's cousin is my sister's classmate. You know how popular my sister is. I just showed a little concern and his cousin told me everything."
"He said that Baird had not been home last Saturday. Baird's parents were busy, and he somehow forged a message to the nanny, saying that he was going to the Boy Scouts, so the nanny didn't need to work this weekend. Of course, she would still get paid." The deskmate had not yet realized what the disappearance of his classmate meant, and the teachers kept silent about the matter. As a result, these children, whose values had not yet been fully formed, fell into a strange state. Almost all of his classmates thought that Baird had just gone on a small adventure, just as he had said in class before, that one day he would be like Tom Sawyer, go to a deserted island to be a pirate for a while, and come back only after his own funeral, and scare everyone to death. "As a result... on Monday, the teacher found that Baird had not come to school. A few words later, there was no trace of Baird at all!"
"But the Boy Scouts definitely don't have any clues, right?" Julian said, pointing out the key point. "Otherwise he would have appeared being held by the scruff of the neck."
"That's right. Baird didn't go to the Boy Scouts either. Now no one knows where he went or when he disappeared."
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